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on-middan

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Add: ¶ where the governed noun comes between on and middan Þá wæs þǽr án mycel burh on heora wege middan, Hml. S. 25, 440. Hé wearð forbærned on þám bæþe middan, Hml. A. 60, 209

on-gewrigenness

(n.)
Grammar
on-gewrigenness, e; f.
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A revelation On þæs hálgan gewrites gesprecum ge eác on óðrum deóglum ongewrigenyssum (revelationibus), Gr. D. 139, 1

Linked entry: ge-wrigenness

on-fangenness

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Ús is on ðám micel wærlicnys getácnad on ðǽre onfangennysse úres Drihtnes líchaman, þæt is þæs hálgan húsles, Hml. A. 163, 264. Add

on-sang

(n.)
Grammar
on-sang, es; m.
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An incantation Þá drýas mid langsumum onsangum (galdrum, v. l. incantationibus) hí gólon on (hyre on gólon, v. l. ), Gr. D. 73, 26

on-blǽstan

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on-blǽstan, l.
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(?) on-blæstan

on-tydran

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on-tydran, l.
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on-týdran

on-setl

(n.)
Grammar
on-setl, es; n.
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A sitting on. Cf. setl; Hê þæt hors mid his onsetle him sylfum tô æ̂hte æ̂r gehâlgode equum juri suo sedendo dedicaverat Gr. D. 183, 16. Cf. on-sǽte

on-sǽte

(n.)
Grammar
on-sǽte, es; n. (?)
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A sitting on an animal Æfter þám onsǽte (-sitte, v. l.) swá háliges biscopes þæt hors wiðsóc ꝥ hit wíf bǽre post sessionem tanti pontificis equus mulierem ferre recusavit, Gr. D. 183, 10. Cf. on-setl

on-wunian

(v.)
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Add: [ to inhabit, v. Dict.] to be instant in, apply one's self to Þá þe mangungum onwuniað (on wuniað ?) qui negotiis insistunt, Chrd. 111, 3. Hwænne hé gebedum onwunige [on wunige] quando orationibus insistat, 116, 34

on-hón

(v.)
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to hang (trans.), suspend [Sumne hí onhéngon be þan fótum, and sumne be þan earmum, Hml. A. 171, 36.] to hang on a gallows or cross, to crucify On þǽm eahtateóþan geáre his ríces, þá Críst wæs áhangen (on-, v. l.) (cum Christus patibulo suffixus est

Linked entry: an-hón

on-sǽtnung

(n.)
Grammar
on-sǽtnung, e; f.
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Plot, wile, Rtl. 147, 13 (at on-setnung in Dict.)

on-gebróht

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Add: that is brought on or against a person Se ongebróhta teóna (contumelia illata) ácunnað húlic gehwilc man byþinnan on his dýgolnysse mid him sylfum, Gr. D. 47, 9. Be ongebróhtum teónan de inrogata calumnia, An. Ox. 4689. Ongebróhte teónan inlatas

Linked entry: ge-brengan

on-hycgan

(v.)
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to consider, reflect on Onhicgað nú hálige mihte, wíse wundor Godes, Dan. 473

on-wendedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
on-wendedlíc, adj.

Changeable

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Changeable Gyf se midwinter byþ on Frigendæge, ðonne byþ onwendedlíc winter, Lchdm. iii. 164, 8

on-byrgan

(v.)
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to be surety Ambyriendum sequestra, An. Ox. 11, 142. Onbyrgedum, 7, 99. Cf. on-borgian; byrgen

Linked entry: -byrgan

on-hǽled

(adj.)

infirm, ill

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infirm, ill Ða ðe on unhǽle (onhǽlede, MS. C.) wǽron, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 80, 40

on-feall

(n.)

a swelling, fellon

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a swelling, fellon Wið onfealle, gefóh fox, ásleah of cucum ðone tuxl, lǽt hleápan áweg, bind on næsce, hafa ðé on. Lchdm. ii. 104, 12. Drenc wið onfealle, 102, 27: 104, 1, 3, 4, 6. Lǽcedomas wið ǽlces cynnes ómum ond onfeallum and báncoþum, 98, 21:

Linked entry: innan-onfeall

on-sceortian

(v.)

to grow short

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to grow short Swá ða dagas forþ onsceortiaþ as the days go on shortening, Shrn. 96, 3

on-cnáwend

(n.)
Grammar
on-cnáwend, es; m.
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One who knows, v. on-cnáwan ; Þú. [Dryhten, ] dígla oncnáwend tu, Domine, occultorum cognitor, Angl. xi. 119, 65

Linked entry: cnáwend

on-sting

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on-sting, Add: the right to intervene, or thrust oneself into, the affairs of another. Cf. stingan; <b>Ia</b>
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Icc nelle nâteswhôn geþafian ꝥ þaer æ̂nig man æ̂nigne onstyng habbe on æ̂nigum þingum, Cht. E. 303, 10